Mike Madden

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  • Bailout bill might need a bailout

    A meeting at the White House yields little progress towards a deal on a big Wall Street bailout, and House Republicans are now pushing their own plan.
  • House Republicans say no deal

    A bailout for Wall Street is almost ready to go, but the House GOP is still balking. A meeting at the White House is coming up soon.
  • Will Arizona leave John McCain blue?

    Barack Obama won't win Arizona, but Democrats down the ballot are poised for a big year on John McCain's home turf.
  • Obama in New Mexico: No Latino voter left behind

    In the most closely contested state in the nation, it will all come down to who is better organized -- and whether Obama can get Hispanic voters to the polls.
  • Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

    Todd Palin has exerted unusual influence on his wife's Alaska government. In Washington, their methods would do Bush and Cheney proud.
  • New McCain ad is false in any language

    A Spanish-language ad blames Barack Obama and Democrats for the failure of an immigration reform bill last year. It was actually Republicans who blocked it.
  • How Democrats are fighting back against Sarah Palin

    The Obama campaign is working the press, avoiding a full-scale assault, and waiting for Palin-mania to subside. But is that a smart strategy?
  • You can't kill a dead bridge

    Yes, Sarah Palin pulled the plug on the "Bridge to Nowhere." But it was already finished by the time she got to it.
  • McCain to Obama: Do as I say, not as I do

    John McCain disapproves of contests of personality and style -- unless he thinks he can win them.
  • McCain and Palin party down

    Balloons, confetti and rather literal music help bring the Republican convention to an end.
  • Ex-NFLer Gibbs: Hail to John McCain

    The longtime coach of the Washington Redskins will appear at the Republican convention Thursday night, while his former team kicks off the football season
  • Democrats behind enemy lines in Minnesota

    The Obama campaign sets up shop at the Republican National Convention, but thanks to Sarah Palin the GOP is handling all the negative messaging itself.
  • Palin's army

    Sarah Palin rallies the faithful in the biggest speech of her lifetime.
  • McCain: No, really, we vetted her!

    As revelations about Sarah Palin mount, the McCain team scrambles to dispel reports that they didn't know what they were getting into.
  • Convention crowd is sparse

    There were plenty of seats in St. Paul for the Republicans' first night of real convention business.
  • Republicans don't stop believing

    The GOP takes a musical interlude as the convention begins.
  • Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota

    Republicans try to brush off the tempest over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and turn that other storm in Louisiana into a political prop.
  • Bush, McCain and the GOP try to dodge Katrina 2.0

    The Republicans cancel most of the start of their convention as Hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans, three years after Katrina wrecked it.
  • Who said politics was on hold?

    Mitt Romney attacks Barack Obama while introducing John McCain at a political rally Sunday, after McCain said Hurricane Gustav would put the campaign on pause.
  • Palin: A "maverick" move or a nod to the GOP base?

    She adds youth -- and inexperience -- to the 72-year-old McCain's ticket, but she is a by-the-book social conservative.
  • Who is McCain's pick?

    John McCain's campaign tops even Barack Obama's impressive secret keeping over the vice-presidential nomination, as his choice is still unknown.
  • Liquoring up the Democrats

    Corporations with business pending in Washington spared no expense on Denver parties.
  • Celebrities don't hold campaign rallies

    Barack Obama's big night was a campaign event, and the people there weren't just fans.
  • Hail and farewell

    Hillary Clinton officially ended her historic campaign with dignity -- and her backers' predicted meltdown never happened.
  • Obama wins New Hampshire (eight months later)

    The Granite State casts all its votes at the convention for Barack Obama, in a sign of unity after Hillary Clinton won its primary.
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